Looking Over Book of Challenges: Just Passing Through
This is a collection of four simple encounters in the same area, so I’ll give a breakdown of the area and each encounter individually...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Zyphur's Cryptic Spellbook
Premise A spellbook is guarded by a cipher puzzle. Good For those who like letter substitution codes (cryptograms), the sidebar on how to...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Release the Hounds
Premise Some creatures set an ambush in a room of antimagic zones. Good The boxed text includes smells and sounds. I think the PCs...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: In Media Res
Premise The party comes across a fight between two large creatures. Good The premise is underused and can help give a sense of life in...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Formidable Opposition
Premise A ragtag band of creatures tries using a mundane mirror and magical mimicry to trick the party. Good The doppelgangers needing to...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Shambling Death
Premise A pair of shambling mounds lair in a watery grotto. Good Despite describing the exact same area, the boxed text here is more...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Path of Deceit
Premise The party comes across some evil elves riding spider eaters just as they’ve paralyzed an aranea. Good After how most of the boxed...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: More than Meets the Eye
Premise An aboleth and a dragon turtle use some illusions to deceive visitors into giving up precious treasure (possibly including...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Cave of the Snake
Premise A cave system hides a yuan-ti temple. Good The caverns being an “empty” maze is fine for this encounter because of the threat of...
Looking Over Book of Challenges: Watch Your Balance
Premise Phase spiders have found an old pivoting-floor trap to help them catch prey. Good As ever, I’m a fan of traps that add a...
